The Swimming Pool
New York: Rinehart, 1952. First Printing. Hardcover. 8vo, bound in full red leather gilt, very good, light rubbing and dryness to joints, pages quite tanned. With sticker on rear pastedown from Preservation Technologies stating this was deacidified with their patented process. We purchased a large number of similarly bound Rinehart books from a local institution that was deaccessioning duplicates and were told that these were Rinehart family copies, but have no proof of this. A Goodreads precis: "Desperately afraid, Judith Chandler barricades herself in her bedroom. Her sister, detective novelist Lois, has no patience for Judith's bizarre behavior. However, a real-life mystery unfolds when Judith disappears from her locked room without a trace." Very good. Item #H30852
Price: $40.00